ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,284, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.) and ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Process and catalyst for oxidative esterification with long-life catalyst" was invented by Kirk W. Limbach (Dresher, Pa.), Christopher D. Frick (Pottstown, Pa.), Wen Sheng Lee (Midland, Mich.), Victor J. Sussman (Midland, Mich.), Dmitry A. Krapchetov (Lansdale, Pa.) and Jeffrey A. Herron (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst comprising noble metal particles and titanium-containing particles. The noble metal particles and titanium-containing particles are disposed on an outer surface ...